Vincent Giza - Memento Mori Op. 33 SCORE+AUDIO

Vincent Giza (b. 2004) - Memento Mori Op. 33
Composed from 2/14/2024 - 5/27/2024

Program notes coming soon, stay tuned!

0:00 - Intro
0:12 - Prologue: Ash Wednesday
1:43 - Genesis 3.19
2:54 - Jesus Enters the Garden of Gethsemane with his Disciples
5:29 - Matthew 26.36
5:48 - Matthew 26.38

7:44 - I. The Agony of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane - Jesus recoils in agony as he sees Gods wrath toward our sin
8:32 - Jesus’ first prayer in the Garden - Matthew 26.39
10:17 - Jesus recoils in agony for the second time, and drinks from the cup of Gods wrath in our place
10:42 - Matthew 26.41
11:23 - Jesus’ second prayer in the Garden - Matthew 26.42
13:39 - Matthew 26.45

14:37 - II. The Scourging of Jesus at the Pillar
14:50 - The Mockery by the Soldiers - John 19.3
15:00 - Pilate’s presentation of Jesus - John 19.4
15:22 - Pilate’s invigoration of the guards - John 19.5, John 19.6
15:39 - Pilate’s word to Jesus - John 19.9 (Jesus did not answer him)
15:46 - Pilate’s ultimatum - John 19.10
16:07 - Jesus’s response - John:19.11
16:32 - Pilate’s mocking of Jesus - John 19.14
16:38 - The Jews crying out for Jesus’s crucifixion - John 19.15
16:54 - The Flogging; Jesus writhes in pain as the whips inflict lacerations in his flesh

17:13 - III. The Crowning of Jesus with Thorns
18:46 - The Sentencing of Jesus to Death

19:54 - IV. The Carrying of the Cross
21:06 - Jesus speaking to the crowd of women mourning and wailing for him as they followed his crucifixion party (Luke 23.28-30)
24:56 - Arrival at Golgotha (the place of the Skull)

25:43 - V. The Crucifixion and Death of Jesus
26:22 - The Seven Last Words of Christ:
26:37 - Luke 23.34 “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do”
27:33 - Luke 23.43 “Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise”
28:05 - John 19.26 “Woman, behold your son”
28:25 - Mark 15.34 “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
28:53 - John 19.28 “I thirst”
29:11 - John 19.30 “it is finished” (Jesus draws his final breaths)
29:51 - Luke 23.46 “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit”
30:14 - The Death of Jesus

31:53 - Hymn - Pange Lingua (Based on Tallis’ Third Mode Melody)

36:02 - Epilogue: Easter Sunday, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ - three days pass
36:18 - Announcement of the Resurrection
37:14 - The Resurrection, the stone is rolled back from the tomb. “His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow” (Matthew 28.3, text not featured)
39:00 - An Angel speaks to the women at the empty tomb of Jesus - Matthew 28.6
39:46 - Jesus comforts Martha after the death of her brother Lazarus, explaining that “whoever lives by believing in me [Jesus] will never die” (John 11.25). Jesus then resurrects Lazarus, and ascends into heaven, where he is seated at the right hand of the Father.